1999–2000 Ionikos F.C. season

Ionikos
1999–2000 season
ManagerOleg Blokhin
StadiumNeapoli Stadium
Alpha Ethniki10th
Greek CupRunners-up
UEFA CupFirst round

The 1999–2000 season was Ionikos' 6th straight season on the Greek first tier and the 9th season on that tier overall. Managing a lower league finish than the previous season, their biggest feat was reaching the domestic cup final.

Players

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Alpha Ethniki UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Greece GRE Chrysostomos Veniamin 3 0 3 0 0 0
2 DF Norway NOR Trond Inge Haugland 25 0 24 0 1 0
3 DF Greece GRE Theodoros Pachatouridis 28 0 26 0 2 0
5 DF Greece GRE Giannis Xanthopoulos 31 1 29 1 2 0
7 MF Greece GRE Georgios Daraklitsas 26 3 26 3 0 0
8 MF Syria SYR Mohamad Afash 33 4 31 4 2 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Craig Brewster 33 8 31 8 2 0
10 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho Kobayashi 34 7 32 7 2 0
11 MF Colombia COL Lener Baltan 3 0 3 0 0 0
12 DF Greece GRE Christos Dagounakis 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 DF Greece GRE Apostolos Tsoptsis 13 0 13 0 0 0
13 FW Greece GRE Sotiris Kanavos 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Greece GRE Ioannis Girichidis 28 0 27 0 1 0
15 GK Albania ALB Foto Strakosha 34 0 32 0 2 0
16 MF Greece GRE Georgios Staboulis 14 0 13 0 1 0
17 DF Greece GRE Sokratis Ofridopoulos 21 2 19 2 2 0
18 MF Norway NOR Paal Christian Alsaker 9 0 7 0 2 0
19 MF Greece GRE Nikolaos Tsiavdaris 1 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF Peru PER Martín Rodríguez 17 0 16 0 1 0
21 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Deligiannis 23 0 22 0 1 0
22 GK Greece GRE Theodoros Gitkos 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Liberia LBR Zizi Roberts 15 8 15 8 0 0
24 DF Greece GRE Antonio Glauko 7 0 5 0 2 0
27 MF Argentina ARG Marcelo Ledesma 19 1 19 1 0 0
28 DF Greece GRE Alexandros Tsolas 9 0 9 0 0 0
29 FW Peru PER Darío Muchotrigo 31 4 29 4 2 0
30 MF Greece GRE Dimitrios Afentoulidis 13 1 13 1 0 0
31 MF Greece GRE Dimitrios Mylonas 3 0 3 0 0 0

Players who left during the season

No. Pos Nat Player Total Alpha Ethniki UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
4 DF Greece GRE Athanasios Pangouras 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 DF Greece GRE Nikos Vavilis 4 0 3 0 1 0
23 FW Nigeria NGA Cornelius Udebuluzor 4 0 4 0 0 0
27 DF Greece GRE Ioannis Dimitriadis 7 1 5 0 2 1

Managers

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1999–2000 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Panionios 34 14 3 17 50 63 −13 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup play-off
9 Kalamata 34 12 8 14 41 57 −16 44 Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
10 Ionikos 34 10 11 13 40 50 −10 41[a]
11 Skoda Xanthi 34 11 8 15 36 43 −7 41[a]
12 Ethnikos Asteras 34 12 5 17 33 50 −17 41[a]
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ionikos 9 (+4), Xanthi 4 (-1), Ethnikos Asteras 4 (-3).

Greek Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

Group 8

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAO ION LEO PNT KER IAL
1 Panathinaikos 5 5 0 0 18 1 +17 15 Round of 16 1–0 4–0 5–1 — —
2 Ionikos 5 3 0 2 13 5 +8 9 Additional Round — — 3–0 3–2 6–0
3 Leonidio 5 3 0 2 6 6 0 9 — 2–1 — 1–0 3–0
4 Panetolikos 5 3 0 2 6 8 −2 9 — — 1–0 2–0 —
5 Keratsini 5 1 0 4 5 10 −5 3 0–3 — — — 3–1
6 Ialysos 5 0 0 5 1 19 −18 0 0–5 — — 0–2 —
Source: epo.gr

Matches

11 August 1999 1 Ionikos 3–0 Panetolikos Nikaia
13:00 EEST
Report (page 1) Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
22 August 1999 2 Leonidio 2–1 Ionikos Leonidio
13:00 EEST
  • Sakellaropoulos 4'
  • Spanos 47'
 Report (page 2)
Stadium: Leonidio Municipal Stadium
25 August 1999 3 Panathinaikos 1–0 Ionikos Ampelokipoi
13:00 EEST
Report (page 2) Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
29 August 1999 4 Ionikos 6–0 Ialysos Nikaia
13:00 EEST
Report (page 3) Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
13 October 1999 5 Ionikos 3–2 Keratsini Nikaia
13:00 EEST
Report (page 4)
  • Koulis 30'
  • Kritikos 51'
 Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Additional round
10 November 1999 Additional round Ionikos 4–1 Marko Nikaia
13:00 EET
Report (page 30-31)
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Round of 16
12 January 2000 Round of 16 Ionikos 4–2 Iraklis Nikaia
14:30 EET
Report (page 32)
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Quarter-finals
9 February 2000 First leg Ionikos 8–0 Nafpaktiakos Asteras Nikaia
17:00 EET
Report (page 32-33) Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
1 March 2000 Second leg Nafpaktiakos Asteras 2–1
(2–9 agg.)		 Ionikos Nafpaktos
16:00 EET
Report (page 33)
Stadium: Papacharalambeio Ethniko Stadio
Semi-finals
5 April 2000 First leg Kalamata 0–2 Ionikos Kalamata
16:30 EEST Report (page 34)
Stadium: Kalamata Municipal Stadium
19 April 2000 Second leg Ionikos 4–2
(6–2 agg.)		 Kalamata Nikaia
17:00 EEST
Report (page 35)
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Final
10 May 2000 Final AEK Athens 3–0 Ionikos Marousi
20:00 EEST
Report (page 35) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,471
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1999 First leg Ionikos Greece 1–3 France Nantes Athens, Greece
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)
30 September 1999 Second leg Nantes France 1–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Greece Ionikos Nantes, France
 Report Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 18,522
Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden)

References